Hame



March 4, 1941. H, A, GQETZ 2,233,524

HAME

Filed July l5, 1938 @iM-"oz MAMA Cil Patented Mar. 4, 1941 PATENT OFFICE' RAME Hiram A. Goetz, Ranson, W. Va.

l Application July 15, 1938, Serial N o. 219,440

1 claim. (o1. 54-25) This invention relates to harness and has special reference to that type of harness wherein the draft is obtained by traces or tugs and a collar.

More particularly the invention relates to the hames with which such harness is usually provided.

In harness of this character it is usual to provide a collar having a front Wale and a rear Wale so arranged that a peripheral groove is formed around the collar. In this groove is seated a pair of hames, one on each side of the collar, and these hamesproject above the collar and have their upper ends connected by an upper hame strap. Also, the lower ends of the hames are connected by a lower hame strap. In order to secure this lower strap to the hames the latter are commonly provided with hame irons on their outer sides y'and these hame irons terminate at their lower ends about flush with the lower ends of the hame body. Eyes are formed in the lower ends of the hame irons yand strap rings are swingingly mounted in these eyes. 'Ihe lower hame strap runs through these loops or rings. With this construction tightening of the lower hame strap forces these loops inwardly of the hame groove and into contact with the collar, thus forcing the lower ends of the hames out of the groove. The ordinary construction just described renders it impossible to make the lower ends of the hames seat solidly between the front and rear wales of the collar.

One important object of the present invention is to so improve the construction of harness hames that they may be forced solidly into the hame groove of the collar by tightening the lower hame strap, the construction being such that the more the strap is tightened the more the lower ends of the hames will tend to be drawn into the groove.

A second important object of the invention is to so improve the construction of harness hames that the lower strap loops or rings will under no condition of use come in contact with the collar wales and thereby force the lower ends of the hames apart.

A third important object of the invention is to provide a novel construction for the lower ends of harness hames, this construction being such as to provide an improved fit of the parts between the collar Wales and also to provide increased area of engagement of the hames on the collar Without in any way interfering with the use ofthe lower hame strap and the adjustment thereof.

With the above and other objects in view, as

will bepresently apparent, the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construetion and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and

Figure 1 is a front view of a collar having one preferred form of the improved hames associated therewith,

Figure 2 is an enlarged iront elevation of the lower portions oi the hames with the collar omitted,

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, the View being to an enlarged scale, and

Figure 4 is a perspective View of the lower end of one of the hames.

In the embodiment of the invention herein shown is disclosed a collar I of the usual oval shape with the larger end downwardly. This collar has the usual front Wale Il and rear Wale I2 providing a peripheral groove I3 for the reception of hames. As is usual the rear wall I4 of the groove I3 is substantially flat while the 'front Wall I5 of the groove is transversely curved to present a convex surface.

Each of the hames includes a body I6, preferably of Wood, curved toward each other at their lower ends I'I. The inner face I 8 of each hame is transversely concave to t the wall I5 of the groove I3 while the rear face I9 is iiat to conform to the at wall I4 of the said groove. Each hame is provided on its forward face with a tug ring 2 I.

Secured to the outer face of the hame body I6 is a hame iron 22 which is in the form of a length of strap iron extending from end to end of the hame body. This hame iron carries anupper ring 23. Adjacent the upper end of eachhame body I6 there is provided a series of spaced notches 24 extending transversely across the outer face of the body I6 and covered bythe hame iron 22 to thus form a series of spaced slots. The upper strap 25 extends through one of these notches and is provided with the usual buckle 26 so that the distance between the upper ends of the hames may be adjusted to suit the collar.

In the present invention the hame iron extends a short distance beyond and overlies the lower end of the hame body to form an extension or tongue 21 extending in prolongation of said hame body which tongue is bent on its medial line so that it is substantially V-shaped in crosssection and will t snugly within the groove I3 2 between the wales. It will, of course, be understood that this tongue may be otherwise formed to t within this groove, if so desired. A short distance above the tongue 21, each hame iron is bent to form a loop 28 in which a strap eye 29 is swingingly mounted; The eyes 29 are connected by a lower strap 3U provided with the usual buckle 3| for adjusting the effective length of the strap and thereby adjusting the space between the hame iron tongues 21 and 21a. It will be seen from Figures 1 and 2 lthat the eyes 29 are positioned on the outer edge faces of the hames and the strap 30 likewise lies wholly on v the outer edge faces of said hames so that under no condition of use will the eyes 29 engage in the groove I3 and tend to prevent the lower ends of the hames and the ltongue 21 from' fitting snugly in the groove I3 of the cagliari-0.'

The strap 30 may be tightened toy any desiredl extent and the greater the stress on the strap the more firmly. will the lower ends of the `haines and their extending tongues be forced in the collar groove thereby insuring proper and secure engagement between the lower parts of theA hames and the collar and preventing friction of the haines on the collar and wear and injury to the latter.

What is claimed, is:

In combination, a pair of haines each including a body adapted to t between the wales of a horse collar, a hame iron fixed to the outer vI a'ce of said body', said hame iron having an extension projectingfbeyond the lower end of the body and being substantially V-shaped in cross-section; 'said hame iron being provided with a transverse eye-receiving portion spaced from the lower end ofv said body, and an eye swingingly mounted in the eye-receiving portion, said eye being of less dimi-2115.1@ 'longitudinally of the hame than the distance from the outer end of the extension to said eye-receiving portion. i l

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